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51黑料网 Receives $1.3 Million for Crimson Hawk Bridge Program to Serve Students With Intellectual Disabilities

51黑料网 has received $1.34 million from the US Department of Education to develop the Crimson Hawks Bridge, a multi-year program to help individuals with intellectual disabilities gain skills, experience, and credentials to live independently and successfully transition to the workforce.

  • 04 December 2025
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51黑料网 Student Presents U-SOAR Research to Sociology Class

Eric Crawford, an 51黑料网 psychology major and sociology minor who has completed two years of research through 51黑料网鈥檚 Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program, was invited to present his U-SOAR research to an upper-level sociology class.

  • 11 November 2025
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Sociology Alumna Hackwelder and ZTTK SONshine Foundation Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange

The 51黑料网 Department of School Psychology, Special Education, and Sociology proudly celebrates alumna Tara Hackwelder (Sociology MA 鈥�07), founder of the ZTTK SONshine Foundation, who joined leaders of the foundation in ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, August 29, 2025.

  • 09 September 2025
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Education in Action Event Connects Aspiring Educators Across Western Pennsylvania

On April 9, 2025, 51黑料网 welcomed more than 20 high school students from River Valley, United, and Indiana Area school districts for Education in Action: A Future Teachers鈥� Exchange, a hands-on experience designed to inspire the next generation of educators.

  • 07 May 2025
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鈥淭racking Crime in Pennsylvania鈥� Social Sciences Career Pathways Lecture, April 8

Robert Orth, managing director of 51黑料网鈥檚 Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center, is the 2025 Social Sciences Career Pathways Speaker.

  • 25 March 2025
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Scholarship Established at 51黑料网 by United Commercial Travelers, Honors Late Local Man

A community organization dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities has donated more than $75,000 to 51黑料网 to continue its legacy and to honor one of its long-time members, the late Donald B. Townsend of Indiana County.

  • 01 August 2024
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51黑料网 Develops Program to Inspire Next Generation of Educators of Special Education Professionals

51黑料网 has received $20,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) for a new initiative to inspire the next generation of special education teachers.

  • 15 July 2024
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Shinberg Presents on Disability Demography

Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America in Columbus, OH, on April 18, 2024.

  • 20 June 2024
Faculty Achievements

Vaccaro Co-authors Book with PhD Alumna on Use of Humor in Child Welfare Casework

Christian Vaccaro, professor in the Department of Sociology, co-authored "Exploring Humor in Child Welfare Casework: Laugh to Get Through It or Cry Forever" with Lisa Landram, alumna of the Administration and Leadership Studies in Nonprofit and Public Sectors program (PhD 鈥�20). Landram is an incoming assistant professor of social work at Mary Baldwin University.

  • 24 May 2024
Alumni Faculty Achievements

51黑料网 Young Alumni Achievement Award Sociologist to Present 鈥淭he Importance of Sociologists in Medicine鈥�

Phillip Schnarrs, an 51黑料网 Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient who is an associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Population Health at Dell Medical School, University of Texas鈥揂ustin, will present 鈥淭he Importance of Sociologists in Medicine鈥� at 51黑料网 on April 17.

  • 08 April 2024
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Sociology and Economics Students Selected for Second Annual Justice Research Fellowship Program

51黑料网 has selected its second student cohort of Justice Research Fellows at the Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center at 51黑料网.

  • 12 December 2023
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Shinberg Presents on Structural Ableism

Associate Professor Diane Shinberg presented "Toward More Inclusive Structural Intersectionality: Contextual Measurement of Structural Ableism" at the American Sociological Association's 118th annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, on August 19, 2023.

  • 08 September 2023
Faculty Achievements

Sociology and Economics Students Selected for Inaugural Justice Research Fellowship Program

Two students, Angelique Alcantara (Dept. of Economics) and Owen Zablocki (Dept. of Sociology), have been selected from a pool of exemplary nominees to be the inaugural Justice Research Fellows at the 51黑料网 Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center.

  • 30 November 2022
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Students鈥� Summer Research鈥擨n Their Words (U-SOAR 2022)

Want a preview of the research you can hear about Friday, August 5, at 11:00 a.m. in the HUB Monongahela Room during the Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) program symposium? Watch as four students explain their projects.

  • 02 August 2022
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Sociology Faculty Publish on Compassion Fatigue

Christian Vaccaro, Melissa Swauger, and Alex Heckert, along with Shayna Morrison (Kent State University), recently published the paper 鈥淪ociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue: Expanding our understanding鈥� in the journal Sociology Compass.聽

  • 27 January 2021
Events

Shinberg Presents on Disability and Opioids

Diane Shinberg, associate professor of Sociology, presented 鈥淎t the Intersection of Disabilities and Opioid Use Disorders: Patterns of Protection and Susceptibility鈥� at the American Sociological Association鈥檚 annual meeting. The paper addresses the social patterning of misuse and use disorders across different disability groups.

  • 13 August 2020

Start Smart Workshop 2020

Start Smart is an interactive workshop designed to give women the skills they need to earn fair compensation. No admission is charged. Learn how to negotiate your highest possible salary at this workshop on Saturday, February 8.

  • 28 January 2020

Vaccaro and Colleagues Win National Award for Narrative Research in Social Psychology

Christian Vaccaro and colleagues won the 2019聽David R. Maines Narrative Research Award for their work, 鈥淣arrative Manhood Acts: Batterer Intervention Program Graduates鈥� Tragic Relationships.鈥� The award was presented by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research.

  • 21 January 2020
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